Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1887-08-11

| A"e '"Shttot uncle came present
~ from town, aud his white waist.
coat swelled ont with wrath al the
outrageous story. the young people
laughed and made such silly rhymes
as
"Niiss Gazette, shc
Did climb q tree.
With cherry. birds 90 feast--ohi
She lost her boot
From oil her foot
And never saw the thcr-ohr
at her expense, until. m her rape
and veNation, the young woman
vowed that, by hook or by crook.
her boot she would find, and after.
ward she would drop a Young kitten.
claws foremost, into the face fany
one who dared to say "shoc" In her
presence.
A week alcr this exploit and its
attendant loss, the young people all
sat down 20 a straw berry feast in the
wide, cool piazza Of the quaint old
house.
The bachelor uncle, with his
swelling vest front, sat benignantly
in the midst of the silly rhyming
youngsters, and, rs the laugh and
the Joke went round with the sugar
bowl and cream pot, as usual. Gay.
ette, with her one shoe, came i'm Tor
the chatting. The girl was hot.tem
pered. She hated wiliioisms Of
which she was the butt, and pres.
emily she grew as red az the straw.
berries she ground, as II they were
peppered barleycorns, between her
sharp, angry teeth.
wv hat reward would you give
the knight who made successful
hunt for your slipper, Lady Gayf"
asked Ebert Setoun. cunnfngly. al
the scarlet blood began to lend fire
20 her yellow eyes.
81 would marry himw she flashed,
bouncing away from the table.
And make him miserable for
his pains. called out some one OF
the silly rhyming young people, as
she slammed the door after her with
wooden protest ft 10 make the
strawberry bowls and the sugar
Jumps, and the cream jars, dance
each jig Of its own ON the mahog.
ony table.
Gayettc went 90 her room in q
pet. She wished that cherries grew
on pumpkin-vincs, and that shoes
had never been invented, and yet,
having undone her yellow hair, and
donned some comfortable ncgii1e
Of white, she deliberately took the
matcless shoe from among others in
silk -pocketed basket, and thrust
ing her foot into IL, sat down in al
easy chair, and putting both feet,
man fashion, upon the cushioned
window seat-onc shod, the other
barc-she went fast asleep in the
moonlight.
Sleeping not long enough 10 al
low the night winds the drying Of
her tear-wet lashes, She dreamed
that a golden caterpillar unrolled
from its leafy blanket out on the
cherry tree, and came crawling up
the gravellcd walk, up over the wis.
taria vines wreathing away from
her window, and drew It's strange.
tickling length across the bottom Of
her naked foot Gayeite awoke
with start. No one, not even
worm, seemed near: The moon.
light flooded in white and sweet
from the calm night, but upon her
feet there were two shocs-the mys.
teriously lost was most mysteriously
found.
With a spasm Of triumphant de.
light over the discontinue Of the
teasing, rhyming youngsters, she
made a dive for the recovered treas
ure; but her neither lip fell as she
held IT IN her hands. for written
across the sole, IL letters white as
the moonlight, she read.
"You said you would marry him
who found your shoe put IT now
upon your foot, and IL you do not
keep your word ! will tell them all
how gracefully you climb q ladder
how lovely you are asleep in the
moonlight with your mouth open"
"ELBERT SEToUS."
And so they became engaged. FOR
Gazette would rather be married
than ridiculcd. The bachelor uncle's
white vest-front swelled to twice
It's usual dimensions with satisfac-
tion, and Ebert Setoun hugged
himself with delight at the success
Of his theft when be was not engag
cd in that interesting exercise with
his betrOthed.
But, somehow, one Of the silly
rhyming young people got at the
truth Of the story, and among the
wedding presents there appeared
two ebony shoes with golden heels.
filled, one with necklace. the other
with bracelets made Of white enam.
eled cherries, to which was attached
these lines
Miss Gaycttc, she
Did climb a tree,